NFL Week 5 Fantasy Football Recap: New Orleans Saints vs. Seattle Seahawks

• Taysom Hill: 9 carries, 112 yards, 3 touchdowns, 1 pass attempt, 1 completion, 22 passing yards, 1 passing touchdown

• Randall Cobb: 7 receptions, 99 yards

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Monitor the health of Rashaad Penny: Penny suffered a fractured tibia and will likely need surgery.

- Penny’s playing time was already decreasing before the injury. Penny played a majority of third downs last week but lost that role back to DeeJay Dallas this week.
- Ken Walker was rotating in more this week on early downs compared to past weeks.
- Walker became the clear early down back after the injury.
- We can expect Walker to play close to 100% of the early-down snaps, and Dallas close to 100% of the third-down snaps and two-minute drill snaps, for as long as Penny is out.
- This makes Walker a fantasy starter as long as the Seahawks can be competitive.
- Seattle has one of the more difficult schedules remaining, which could make Walker a frustrating player for fantasy managers.

Monitor the health of the Saints’ receivers: Michael Thomas and Jarvis Landry were both inactive, while Chris Olave left the game with a concussion.

- Marquez Callaway took over as one of the two outside receivers and Tre’Quan Smith played in the slot, similar to previous weeks.
- Olave was having a fine day prior to the injury, with four catches for 54 yards and a touchdown.
- Keith Kirkwood took over for Olave, seeing some time both in the slot and out wide.
- The top two or three receivers on the depth chart are at least worth considering when they are healthy, regardless of who is ready for Week 6.

Add Taysom Hill: Hill put up an incredible four-touchdown performance despite playing less than 30% of the Saints' offensive snaps.

- Hill started the week as TE19 despite playing in only three of four games.
- He was given the ball more this week due to all of the injuries New Orleans has faced due to injury.
- He’s consistently run a few times per game as long as he’s been healthy, so he will still be involved in the offense.
- A few carries by Hill a game is still better than several tight ends who may or may not see 3-to-5 targets a game.
- There is a chance the Saints keep Hill involved as a bigger part of the offense after his success in this game.
- He will be the ultimate boom-or-bust tight end, but only a few tight ends have similar ceilings.
- Hill has run only 14 routes this season and caught a pass for two yards. There is still a chance he gets more involved in the passing game.
- Hill has lined up 15 times in a traditional tight end spot, 12 times at wide receiver, 24 times at quarterback and six times in the backfield this season.
- All six of those backfield snaps occurred in this game.

Table Notes

Snaps include plays called back due to penalties, including offensive holding or defensive pass interference. The other three stats have these plays removed.
Targets may differ from official NFL sources. The most likely discrepancy would be from a clear thrown-away pass, where the NFL may give the target to the nearest receiver, while this data will not.
Carries are only on designed plays. Quarterback scrambles won’t count for the total number of carries in the game.